Happy Paper Players Sunday everyone! I am so excited to be your hostess this week for a sketch challenge. Here's the sketch I designed for you and I can't wait to see what you make with it:
I used it to make a Teacher Appreciation Week card for my daughter's teacher using the beautiful color combination over at Just Add Ink:
Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum and Whisper White.
Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum and Whisper White.
Would you like to see the details? OK, happy to oblige! I started with a Perfect Plum card base (why don't I use this color more often?) to which I added the flourish stamp from Strength & Hope in two columns roughly down the center:
I stamped each flourish in Perfect Plum ink and placed a piece of Greenhouse Gala paper down the middle. I cut a 3" circle of Whisper White with my 3" circle die and a Baja Breeze scalloped circle with a nestie.
I stamped "gratitude" from Define Your Life in Pear Pizzazz and over stamped with a Broadsheet Alphabet "G". The "G" is stamped off once so it shows as more of a watermark behind the definition.
Next, I stamped the roses from Flower Fest in Whisper White craft ink on Perfect Plum DSP, sprinkled with white stampin' emboss powder and heat set. To make the 3 flowers on my card, I made 6 embossed flowers and cut out the center of half of them to layer and add dimension. I wanted them to look a bit like sugar coated flowers, so I added some Dazzling Diamonds to the edges with a glue pen. So sparkly IRL! A few Pear Pizzazz branches from the 2-step Bird XL punch finished off my flowers perfectly!
The inside uses a non-SU sentiment that is so fitting for my daughter's teacher! I stamped it in Perfect Plum on Whisper White and added some more Flower Fest roses in Baja Breeze and a couple more Pear Pizzazz leaves.
So, what do you think of today's card? I would love to know! Can you play along with us this week? I sure hope so! You have until Friday May 27th at midnight (PST) to link up your creation at The Paper Players. We can't wait to come visit you. Have a great week my friends!
supplies:
stamps: flower fest, define your life, broadsheet alphabet, strength & hope
ink: pear pizzazz, baja breeze, perfect plum classic inks and whisper white craft ink
paper: perfect plum, pear pizzazz, whisper white, baja breeze CS; designer patterns stack subtles; greenhouse gala DSP
xtras: 2-step bird punch; white stampin' emboss powder; dazzling diamonds; 3" circle die; scalloped circle nestabilities
